It’s strange to think the (G)songs we used to (Am)sing, the smiles, the (F)flow ers, ev ’ry (C)thing
is (G)gone.
Yes ter day I found (G)out a bout you.
E ven now I’m just (F)look in’ at you,
feels (G)wrong.
You say
that you’d (F)take it all back giv en one chance.
It was a mo ment of weak ness and you
said
yes.
You should ’ve said (Am)no, you should ’ve gone (F)home, you should ’ve thought (G)twice ’fore you let it all (C)go.
You (G)should ’ve known that (Am)word ’bout what you did with (F)her’d get back to (G)me.
And I should ’ve been (Am)there in the back of your (F)mind.
I should n’t be (G)ask in’ my self (C)why.
You (G)should n’t be (Am)beg gin’ for for give ness at my (D)feet.
You should ’ve said (F)no, ba by, and you (G)might still have me.
You can see that I’ve been cry in’.
Ba by, you know (F)all the right things
to (G)say.
But (C)do you (G)hon est ly ex (Am)pect me (F)to be lieve
we could (G)ev er be the (Am)same?
I can’t re (F)sist.
Be fore you go, tell me this:
was it (F)worth
it?
Was she (F)worth
this?
(Am7)No,
no,
(C)no, (G)no, no,
no.
You should ’ve said (Am)no, you should ’ve gone (F)home, you should ’ve thought (G)twice ’fore you let it all (C)go.
You (G)should ’ve known that (Am)word ’bout what you did with (F)her’d get back to me.
And I should ’ve been (Am)there in the back of your (F)mind.
I should n’t be (G)ask in’ my self (C)why.
You (G)should n’t be (Am)beg gin’ for for give ness at my (D)feet.
You should ’ve said (F)no, ba by, and you (G)might still have me.
This page shows “Should've Said No” by Taylor Swift in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 140 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.